An interim follow-up study of a group of “higher functioning” boys with infantile autism and control group of boys with severe (receptive) developmental language disorder (or dysphasia) is reported. The boys were compared both initially and at follow-up for overall functioning in the areas of language, peer relationships, stereotyped behaviors, and disruptive public behaviors, as well as for the presence of a number of specific symptoms. In some respects, the behaviors that differentiated the groups initially did so also at follow-up, although there were important differences. Very few of the autistic boys had good language skills at follow-up, whereas nearly half of the dysphasic group were communicating well, a difference that is striking in view of the initial general similarity between the groups in terms of poor language functioning. However, some of the dysphasic children had developed greater difficulties in peer relationships. The implications for concepts of the nature of the deficit in severe receptive developmental language disorders are considered.

Infantile autism and developmental receptive dysphasia: a comparative follow-up into middle childhood

A comparative study of infantile autism and specific developmental receptive language disorder—iv. analysis of syntax and language function

Delayed speech and language development is a descriptive term referring to those children who lag behind the average speech and language acquisition schedule of normal children. Many etiologies may account for this delay. Mental deficiency or mental retardation is one; sensory deficit, specifically hearing loss or deafness, another. Social isolation and the delayed language o f the culturally disadvantaged are other etiologies which have been receiving much attention of late. In some children, difficulties in decoding and encoding verbal symbols are related to demonstrable central nervous system impairment. These children are very often called “aphasic” or “dysphasic.” However, for several reasons the term “congenital aphasia” has generally fallen out of use in the community of speech pathologists. With these children it is often quite difficult to demonstrate unequivocally that central nervous system impairment has occurred. Furthermore, sensory or intellectual deficits are not easy to rule out conclusively. The term “aphasia,” when applied to adult problems, refers to a loss of language skills and is associated with brain damage resulting from cerebral vascular accidents or trauma. Many speech pathologists, therefore, feel that the only really clearcut cases of childhood aphasia are in children who have suffered

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LANGUAGE DISTURBANCES IN NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT: Comparisons and Practical Considerations